In a new book entitled “Strengthen Your Mind: 50 Habits for Mental Change” Sascha Bajin, former coach of Naomi Osaka, delves into the split that shocked the world earlier this season and hints that he’d be open to working with the two-time major champion again.
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"Right now, it still hurts, but I certainly don't hold a grudge against Naomi for ending our partnership,” Bajin writes, according to Mark Hodginson of WTATennis.com. “I was there to help her achieve her dreams, and it was always going to be her decision whether we continued working together or not," Bajin wrote in the book, which is set to be published in Japanese on July 11.
"I could even see myself working with Naomi again, should she want to. I like to think that it's not over and that we could work together further down the road. There have been occasions in tennis when a player and a coach have split, and then reunited, so it wouldn't be the first time; it wouldn't be that unusual. Naomi is taking a different path for now, and so am I, but who knows what will happen in the future?"
The winner of the WTA’s Coach of the Year Award in 2018 is currently working with France’s Kristina Mladenovic.